Economic & Commmunity Dev
….Richmond’s Economic Development Authority….subsidizes the building’s costs — which amounted to $114,000 last fiscal year….the authority doesn’t track jobs that incubator tenants have created, or how long companies last after they leave. It doesn’t require that tenants meet business goals, or even move out after a set time….Some newer tenants aren’t fledgling businesses…. styleweekly.com
Richmond’s plan to study potential uses of its coveted City Stadium property have not progressed despite the City Council’s call for a report to be finished by early October.
Jewell said he’s not bothered by the lack of progress over the review of City Stadium and added, “If they never comply with our deadline, I’d be OK with an extension — whatever it takes to keep Ms. Freund off that property.”
via Richmond’s City Stadium study sputters | Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Perhaps it doesn’t help perceptions that Peter Chapman, Richmond’s chief economic-development officer, lived in Denver before moving here.
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Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones filled three major holes in his administration Thursday in announcing appointments of a deputy chief administrative officer, a director of economic development and a director of parks.
Richmond mayor announces three key appointments | Richmond Times-Dispatch.
City of Richmond fills 3 key positions | Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The number of high-level vacancies — including the chief administrator of finance and the director of parks, recreation and community facilities — has worried some members of the Richmond City Council.
via Richmond to name new economic development director this week | Richmond Times-Dispatch. By MICHAEL MARTZ AND LUZ LAZO
These are the Richmond-area civic leaders participating in the Greater Richmond Chamber’s 2011 InterCity Visit to Austin, Texas:
via 2011 InterCity Visit participants | Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Christina Newton, director of Curated Culture, the nonprofit that manages and promotes First Fridays, says she expected some form of détente from the new arts district. “There was an understanding that there could be some waiver of codes that could be applied to the district,” she says. “But in this plan, those benefits are nowhere to be seen.”
via City: Arts District Will See “Vigorous” Code Enforcement | Articles/Archives | Style Weekly. Vernal Coleman
A year after Mayor Dwight C. Jones rolled the city’s then-separate departments of Economic Development, Community Development and Real Estate Services into one catch-all — the Department of Economic and Community Development — the new, powerful division lacks a leader.
via styleweekly.com.